Dozens of companies that supply Israel’s war machine face a growing campaign to end U.K. complicity in crimes against Palestinians, write Sam Perlo-Freeman, Khem Rogaly and Anna Stavrianakis.
Direct-Action Targets UK Firms Arming Israel
Category: Protests
Invoking the Genocide Convention Against Israel
Sam Husseini suggests ways global outrage can be harnessed to help induce a country to invoke the Genocide Convention against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
Hundreds of Thousands March Against Israel’s War
Reports from around the world on Saturday as popular opposition explodes against Israel’s war and Western support for it it.
Craig Murray: The Chances of a Regional War
As countries with influence over Israel actively encourage the slaughter, Murray considers what will happen internationally and what is happening in Western societies.
The Maidan Massacre, Censorship & Ukraine
Natylie Baldwin interviews Ivan Katchanovski, a Canadian-Ukrainian professor whose research focuses on the Ukraine coup of 2014 and the killing that year of protesters in Kiev.
UN Whitewashes Chad’s French-Backed Junta
Silence surrounded the atrocities of Mahamat Deby’s military government, which last year killed at least 128 people during country-wide pro-democracy, anti-French protests, Pavan Kulkarni reports.
The Bongo Family’s 56-Year Rule Over Gabon
Elections in the country during the dynasty’s decades in power were followed by protests, then security force crackdowns and ultimately silence, writes Douglas Yates. Until Wednesday, when the Bongo regime was finally overthrown.
Libyan Protests Over Rumors of Normalization with Israel
Responding to the strong reactions, the GNU’s prime minister suspended his foreign minister and opened an inquiry into the affair on Sunday, which will be concluded this week.
Climate Lawsuits Spreading Worldwide
While most cases have been in the U.S., the Global South represents a growing portion, finds a report compiled by the U.N. Environment Program and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University.
Knives Back Out for Peace Activists in Korea
Ann Wright responds to a Newsweek opinion column last week smearing Women Cross DMZ, other peace organizations and individuals, including herself, as “pro North.”